well... my piece of isht dell tower finally sleeps with the fishes. barely over three years old, the motherboard developed some degree of alzheimers, as it no longer reads the onboard memory chips. i hate you, dell. you did nothing to deserve my love. all you did was bitch and moan and break down at every instance. my cheapie ibm server will be an adequate replacement. and it will probably suffice (although my trust for pc's are waning altogether). thanks again to my lovely apple computers who stay strong and don't wilt under the pressure of all the work i put into them, unlike you bastard, dell.